[Tell It Right]

My wife and I have both a full EV (BEV) crossover style car, and a gas pickup. I respectfully disagree that EV’s are better for short drives around town, at least from a gas savings perspective. We like our EV mainly because we drive it 25K miles per year, with 18K miles charged at home. That’s a lot of miles with a lot of gas savings. If we either didn’t drive a lot of miles, or if we couldn’t do charging at home (where the real gas savings is, unlike using roadside charging that costs almost as much as gas), then an EV wouldn’t be worth it. Part of it also is how we utilize it. My wife and I no longer say “her car” or “his truck”. We say “the EV” and “the truck” with the idea that either of us drives the EV to save gas, unless it involves pickup chores.

Of course, EV’s here are different from the small ones you describe. Mine has a crazy amount of power and can handle steep hills better than the gas pickup.

[poconopundit]

That's great to hear you're getting some nice cost savings using the a high performance EV.  And from your earlier posts, I remember how conscientious you are about tracking expenses, using solar panels, etc. and earning a profit on your transportation needs.  It's good stuff.

I no longer have a driver's license.  Between car rides and local trains we are getting our exercise and not inconvenienced very much.  We have home delivery of groceries and maybe every couple weeks, we walk a cart to the local grocery store 1/2 mile away for buying eggs, milk, etc.

The local government here in Japan discourages older guys like me (72) from driving anymore.  And the biggest reason is safety of other drivers, pedestrians etc.